This is the full trailer for the Twenty Palaces books, created by Wyrd Films. Check out wyrdstuff.com/ to find out more about their award-winning sf/f/h documentaries.
As for the books, here's the back cover copy for the first in the series, CHILD OF FIRE, listed in Publishers Weekly's Best 100 Books of 2009:
"Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He’s the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magicians. But because Ray betrayed her once, Annalise is looking for an excuse to kill him–or let someone else do the job.
"Unfortunately for both of them, Annalise’s next mission goes wrong, leaving her critically injured. With the little magic he controls, Ray must complete her assignment alone. Not only does he have to stop a sorcerer who’s sacrificing dozens of innocent lives in exchange for supernatural power, he must find–and destroy–the source of that inhuman magic."
Book two, GAME OF CAGES, is out now, and book three, CIRCLE OF ENEMIES, comes out August 30, 2011. For more information--including sample chapters--please visit harryjconnolly.com