Felix discovers a strange pocket watch buried beneath the sand-an object far too advanced for its time. Hoping to profit from his find, he trades it at Mr. Silverstein's cluttered shop for a jack-in-a-box with a radiant smile. But when the toy begins steering him toward a new path away from his life of poverty, Felix realizes the sea did not give up its treasure by chance-and that his simple trade may have bound him to a destiny far stranger than he ever imagined.
