Ordinary Man’s War by John Walker

Owen Mercer thought thirty years of fixing broken machinery was the only war he’d ever face. He was wrong.When his son is declared Missing in Action, the fifty-three-year-old mechanic trades his wrench for a rifle. But on the brutal colony world of Hawthorn, Owen discovers his son was part of Project LANTERN—a conspiracy so dangerous that both the military and the enemy will kill to keep it buried.Surrounded by lethal secrets and a system that wants him to stay silent, Owen must navigate a web of corruption to find the truth. The military wants him to wait for answers that will never come. Owen is done waiting.The war took his son. Now, he’s coming to take him back.