Exiles to Glory

From the back cover of the Ace first edition: "Kevin Senecal was nobody's hero. All he wanted from life was a professional career, a strong union to protect him, and comfortable company-owned housing well away from his Welfare Slum origins. As a senior engineering student at Cal Tech, Kevin seemed on the verge of realizing his ambitions, when one night he was attacked by a murderous "youth gang" - and accidentally killed one of them while escaping. That's when it all changed: "You don't kill juvies in this town", the Homicide Detective told him. Suddenly Kevin Senecal was on the run, and on all Earth there was no place to hide..."