Literature / Das Herz Der Quelle

The german cover of the first book

In a World… where magic exists there's a secret society of magicians who need the help of so-called Quellen^note German for resources or springs to use magic to help normal people.

The series was written by Alana Falk and consist of two books:

• Sternensturm^note Star Storm (2017)
• Sternenfinsternis^note Star Eclipse (2018)

The first book follows the adventure of magician Liliana who is about to meet her new Quelle. Sadly, the leaders of the magicians assigned her to Chris, who hates everyone after his first magician died... There's also a subplot about Adara who tries to cope with the death of her Quelle.

This series uses the following tropes:

• Ambiguously Bi: Chris. It was implied that he had sex with both Liliana and his former male magician but he refused to give himself a label.
• Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Chris is the brooding boy and Liliana is the gentle girl.
• First-Episode Twist: Adara and Liliana are the same person and Chris died at one point of the first book.
• Foregone Conclusion: After it was revealed that Adara and Liliana are the same person, it became obvious that Chris is about to die...
• Happiness in Slavery: Zig-zagged. There are some Quellen who like being the slave of a magician and there are Quellen like Chris who hate the system but like their masters.
• Magical Society: Deconstructed. A group of magicians exists, but many of them treat their Quellen^note who are not more than their slaves like shit.
• Mirrored Confrontation Shot: The cover of the first book features two silhouettes looking at each other.
• Urban Fantasy: The only difference between the world of the books and our world is that magicians exist in this series.