Synopsis
PRECIOUS CARGO
the second Honeyman novel
“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, but
it’s
a lifetime deal. The children are ruled by its Trustees’ baptism
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…
