艾米鲁是一个身体瘦弱的小男孩,他和街上别的男孩一样,整日在波斯湾海滩上拾甁子、捡破烂,来换取生存所需。在他们生活的这片沙漠里,有火车通过。追逐火车成了这些孩子们的一个共同的游戏。他们听到火车到来的声音,就会放下手中的东西,奋力去追,追过火车,追过同伴。艾米鲁在很小的时候就已经懂得了生活的意义,他知道,如果想要生活得好,就要努力奋斗。这种生活的感悟就是来自于他追火车的乐趣中。整个过程就是赛跑,和火车赛跑,和别人赛跑,追逐并且超越了,就可以获取更好生活的能量。为了达到这种目标,艾米鲁努力学习知识,在艰苦的生存环境下奋力挣扎。逆境求生和学习成长成为了他最熟悉的两种比赛。。Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running.。Two years ago, William Langston made a mistake that would affect the course of his life. Now, with a killer loose in his home town and his circle of friends falling away one at a time, William faces his greatest fears as well as his own mortality.。