Gun of the black sun | Gary Douglas Thompson

In 1940 General Lupescu of the Romanian Iron Guard has a spell from the ancient legend of the ‘Zmeu’ placed upon a golden Luger handgun - a gift to him from Himmler of the SS. Year's later in modern day Bucharest, beautiful Gypsy girl Loredana Anescu finds the gun among her dying Grandfather's possessions. Long awaiting its re-emergence is Damian Lupescu, descendant of the General and owner of Archangel International Media, who has dreamed of unleashing the ZMEU* bestowed on the gun through media technology& Music to restore fascism and bring the return of the Forth Reich. Knowing nothing of its dark and mystical past,Loredana unwittingly shows the Luger to Harley riding Irishman Axel O'Rourke, a Nightclub owner who runs a cigarette smuggling operation from Bucharest to London. Lupescu learns that Loredana has found the Luger and goes after her to reclaim it. Escaping with Axel into the country, Lupescu's henchmen catch up with them, taking Loredana and the Luger, leaving Axel for dead. On learning the legend of the Luger, Axel is urged to follow Lupescu to London to destroy it, putting an end to his bigoted plan