Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey

James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Settlers are looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. What you should do is tell everyone to leave. Fighters and tanks idling on the runway with no drivers. But this is like finding a military base with no one on it.

An empty apartment, a missing family, that's creepy.