The world's largest ruby mysteriously disappeared 800 years ago. Now it mysteriously turns up in Los Angeles. But when it is handed over to its rightful owner, the Turkish government, the heavily guarded CIA agents are overpowered by Armenian terrorists and robbed of the valuable trinket. Tough luck now for the terrorists. Because Gus, a professional thief from Switzerland, cracks the very safe where the precious item was hidden. Now everyone is after Gus, his accomplice Bruno and the "Byzantine Fire": the CIA, the L.A. police, the underworld, the Turks, the Armenian terrorists ...
With death threats and blackmail, everyone ends up chasing everyone else. And don't let the ruby fall into the wrong hands.