Exiles to Glory

by Jerry Pournelle

Book Overview

A senior engineering student at UCLA, Kevin seemed on the verge of realizing his ambitions--when one night he is attacked by a murderous youth gang and accidentally kills one of them while escaping. Now Kevin is on the run, and on all of Earth there is no place to hide. . . . New revised edition.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044122217X
• ISBN13: 9780441222179
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A thoroughly readable space romp

Set on Earth, on a spaceship and in the asteroid belt, this is a straight up space adventure tale. The main protagonist, Kevin Senecal, is a college student forced to flee Earth. Working as a miner in the asteroid belt Senecal becomes mixed up in a plot involving vast riches, political intrigue and a beautiful girl.Given the nature of the story and the protagonists, this book will appeal mostly to late teen and early twenties readers.It is a well written and fast paced story. While not quite in the "read in one sitting" category it is a compelling read. The characters are all fairly well constructed given that the requirements for this type of story are not exactly strict.If you like this book, of course, you should check out the author's other works but also have a look at the novels by Larry Niven. if you want something in the same style but with more substance try the collaborations between Niven and Pournelle.

A world not so far away....

Mr Pournelle's view's on our society show clearly here, its a world where everyone has rights but the victims....But at least in the sci fi future he postulates, you can always go spaceward and try again...The world written about is very close to ours...at the rate things are going with the law and all perhaps merely a decade ot two away. A good well written book about a very plasuable future.