Kino and Hermes visit a town that appears to have only robots as inhabitants.

Kino meets three starving men and learns a lesson in trust when she offers to help them.

Kino and Hermes visit a town that believes the end is coming.

Kino and her talking motorcycle, Hermes, travel through many exotic lands.

Kino and Hermes meet three men working on the railroad tracks -- each undoing the work of the others.

Kino must participate in gladiator combat to avoid life as a second class citizen.