Whisper [A Short Sci-Fi Story]

How does technology shape culture, and thus human behavior? In the near future, humans receive a neuralbond implant at birth, making it possible to communicate via thought. While at first this is a luxury, soon it becomes a necessity. As the majority of the population adopts the technology, speech becomes taboo, and it is eventually outlawed. Claudius races against time to solve a murder at the hands of religious fanatics, or he will lose that which matters most to him.