BLACK STAR #1 (OF 5) CVR E MARTIN SIMMONDS FOIL VARWritten by Kristin Kreuk, star of Smallville, Murder in a Small Town and Reacher. Amidst skirmishes between two warring factions in the early nineteenth century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities and that hes not alone. Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.