Don't Speak by Vanessa Heath

SPSFC

Speech is illegal. Punishable by death.The doctor took your voice away mere minutes after you were born. Even your mother couldn't hear your cries. Now, over two hundred years after the “Silent Night” bill, people go about their lives, flicking and tapping away at their communication pads while carefully choosing each word so they don't end up like the ones with missing fingers or entire hands. For years, Rose was the same as everyone around her - nervous when Civility Agents requested a meeting or terrified when Voice Agents rounded people up for interrogation.But, when everything she holds dear is ripped away from her, she has no choice but to run and join the one group she was taught to fear... the Rebellion.

Adult • Science Fiction