The Daemon has given one of its soldiers, Gragg, a shirt that transmits data from his surroundings to his skin in a way that his brain interprets as visual data, as "seeing". This is one of a number of technological devices and weapons that make Gragg almost invincible. The novel represents Gragg as a vile human being.Â
Gragg felt the tingling of the Third Eye on his stomach and back. The Third Eye was another of the miracles that Sobol had bestowed upon him. It was a form-fitting conductive shirt worn next to the skin—but it wasn’t a garment. It was a haptic device that helped him use his body’s largest organ—his skin—as another, all-seeing eye. An eye that never blinked, and an eye that could see around him in 360 degrees or halfway around the world, if he wished. It worked by sending tiny electrical impulses to excite the nerve endings in his skin, much like a computer monitor projected pixels onto a screen. The microscopic electrical impulses represented data—from blips on a radar screen to full-blown visual displays. But what amazed Gragg was how the brain learned to accept input from this new source as if it were just another organ. Just another eye. He felt the networks around him, but he could do more than just feel them. Gragg motioned with his gloved hands. Suddenly the headlights of the twin Town Cars flicked on. The cars roared forward and deployed on either side of the road at his command, illuminating the entire crash scene. Gragg halted them with a wave of his hand. (page 334)
| Title | Publication Type | Year | Creator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daemon | Narrative, Novel | Daniel Suarez |
