Dystopian strife, royal intrigue, forbidden love, and a fight for survival. When a rebel outcast saves the life of a princess in an alternate America, nothing will be the same."My life... my old life. It came with a cost. Coyote survived, so Ivan could live."Ivan is a twenty-one-year-old Red, the lowest of the low, and a slave to the socialist government. As a lieutenant in the rebel Militia acting under the codename "Coyote, " he has fought unsuccessfully for years to destroy the Prism, the test that divides people into color-coded classes on their sixteenth birthday. Each day for him is a struggle to survive in the darkness, but everything changes when he saves the life of a princess and is thrown into heart of the royal political game itself.Together, this unlikely pair has the chance to end the Prism, but if they are going to survive the threats from within the remnants of the monarchy and beyond, they must learn to trust one another and sacrifice everything. Loyalties will be tested, and Ivan will have to decide what matters to him more: his fight or her life.The Prism Files continue with book 2: Crimson Reigns.