The Outer Marker — Eric Stevens

In a distant galaxy in the far-off future, a combat veteran just wants to settle down, raise his kids as a single father, and earn a decent wage piloting a starship. But to former members of his old unit, his skills and knowledge are too valuable to be wasted as they attempt to uncover a deadly plot being hatched by their new masters.As he is unwittingly drawn deeper into the web of secrets, many strange and unexplained occurrences will force him to uncover clues and make him choose sides. The mystery’s culmination lies in explaining how an entire planet has been made to disappear from the galaxy.