Daniel Forbes

After losing contact with an interstellar probe, a group of eccentric and hungover scientists inadvertently make contact with a Lovecraftian cosmic being. They bluff for money, status, vengeance and most alarmingly - world domination.

Australian Prime Minister Peter Carrington is having his worst day in office since being elected after his attempt to kill Centrelink is shot down by the senate. With the party in crisis, he turns to his Chief of Staff, Tim, and his assistant, Shay (a supposed diversity hire), for answers. Carrington, however, must remember that there is always a higher power to answer to.