BigBug

DATA, Pieter van Zoete, Seamus, and Moon two Irishmen embark on a quest to realise their dreams. Their lives collide and it becomes a fight for survival - for aliens, a father, and humanity. Extra-terrestrial life forms, surviving a meteor shower, live in the body of nine-year-old, Pieter van Zoete. He, managed by DATA, an extra-terrestrial life form, unwittingly continues their quest to replace the rest of their kind across the galaxy. Earth is the perfect new home for them and they will do all that they can to stay, including ridding the planet of humans.Two Irishmen, Seamus, and Moon living the ‘humdrum’ life of beer, pizza, weed and hash joints in Amsterdam, replace a meteorite in their garden. They believe it will make them rich and set out to make this dream come true.Unbeknown to them, this particular meteorite hosts more surviving life forms and van Zoete, DATA, and his minions have to recover the ‘rock’ from the Irishmen at all costs. Seamus and Moon believe they have to outwit some, in their circle of friends, to take the rock across Europe and have it validated before they can cash in. Their quest becomes one for survival, a struggle with intriguing twists and turns as each pursues their ultimate aim.It is a tale that warms with its ‘Irish lilt’, unconventional style and humour as it covers some serious questions and themes.