Kate Elliott, Shadow Gate

Second in the "Crossroads" trilogy, about a once-protected realm whose supernatural Guardians have gone missing, leaving only the eagle-riding Reeves to try to keep order -- which isn't working too well.
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( In the spirit of warnings )

It kept me reading, but I hope the action picks up in the final volume.

Yet another necklace

Necklace 38 Silver plate, tourmaline-colored Czech fire-polished glass, sterling silver wire.

These are the beads for which, a couple of weeks ago, I made a special trip back to the store the day after initially deciding against them, when I discovered I couldn't get that color or size on line.