Fifteen? You think I'm fifteen? You're wrong, minister man. I'm a slave. I ain't got no right to be alive. Precious Cargo promises beautiful and gifted children when all other means have failed, bit it's a lifetime deal. The children are ruled by its gifts, handcrafted toys that nurture their talent and aspirations. The toys also understand what's at stake, for while two Precious Cargo children are born every year, only one survives past age sixteen. Their fate seems linked to a Faberge egg with an impossible lock, the clue to an old, fanatic crime...