The main character from Spidersilk the novel, is actually protected by spiders and their spider silks, which he sees by accessing his third eye. Spider silk is known to be one of the strongest substances around, but scientist recently figured out how to create spiders that spin a super silk. In Fact, this spider silk is 3.5 times stronger than that which occurs nartually. For more on this silk, check out this page: http://mentalfloss.com/article/63842/researchers-created-spiders-spin-super-silk