Upon hearing of his mentor's impending death, haggard musician Kino Warren begins a journey on foot across country, and through a place not of this world referred to as "the territory". Kino believes wholeheartedly that the mentor cannot die until he arrives. On his journey, Kino is unaware several people are on his tail - varyingly malicious and politically involved - in search of the only-known recording of the greatest piece of music ever made, a piece supposedly capable of taking away all pain within the listener - created by his mentor, and in his possession, completely unbeknownst to him. 　　译文(3): 在听到导师即将去世的消息后，面容憔悴的音乐家基诺·沃伦开始了一段徒步穿越全国的旅程，穿越了一个不属于这个世界的地方；领土”；。基诺全心全意地相信，导师不会死，直到他到来。在他的旅程中，基诺没有意识到有几个人在跟踪他——各种各样的恶意和政治参与——寻找唯一已知的有史以来最伟大的音乐作品的录音，这首作品据说能够消除听众的所有痛苦——是由他的导师创作的，在他完全不知情的情况下由他所有。