
Absent-Minded Professor: Commander O'Donnell, who captains the Demeter by virtue of his scientific genius but leaves the day-to-day command decisions to his first officer (who has more hands-on starship experience). The time jump also renders the tension of the Voyager veterans and the Starfleet officers who'd survived the Dominion War an entirely moot point, after having taking up a significant portion of the four books preceding Full Circle. Due to the shift in authors (going from Christie Golden to Kirsten Beyer), as well as the new mission on Voyager's part following the time jump from shortly after Voyager's return in 2378 to a post Star Trek: Destiny time frame in 2381, several characters who were established as part of the new status quo of Voyager's cast are rotated out in Full Circle - some leave ( Harry breaks up once and for all with Libby, whose role as an agent for Starfleet Intelligence no longer features as Project Full Circle takes Voyager away from the Federation and back to the Delta Quadrant, Counselor Astall takes an indefinite leave of absence, making way for Counselor Hugh Cambridge) and some are killed off during the Borg invasion ( both Akolo Tare, who was raped by a hologram during the holo-strike, and Jarem Kaz, whose previous host was still being an active part of Jarem's present, are casualties of the battle). We don't even visit Kerovi following Enemy of my Enemy. He's apparently discovered, and arrested by the Kerovi authorities. It seems as though the arc is being set up to be a big one, but it's swiftly dropped in Full Circle. No-one knows he's there, and he's evidently up to something worrying. By the end of the second novel, Enemy of my Enemy, arch-foe the rogue changeling has taken control of the government on the planet Kerovi. Aborted Arc: The changeling arc, set up in the two Spirit Walk books. Beyer had previously written Fusion in the String Theory pre-TV finale trilogy of Voyager novels, as well as the short story "Isabo's Shirt" from the tenth anniversary celebration compilation Distant Shores. Initially written by Christie Golden, Kirsten Beyer took over beginning with Full Circle and has written all titles in the series since. Unworthy (In which Voyager leads a new mission back to the Delta Quadrant).
Full Circle (A "second pilot" of sorts, bringing the series through the double Wham Episode of Janeway's death (in the Next Generation novel Before Dishonor) and Star Trek: Destiny.The starship Voyager itself is literally relaunched, with several new characters)
(These two are collectively titled Spirit Walk. (This first duology begins exactly where the show left off, and features the crew's early attempts to reintegrate into the Federation). There are fourteen books in the series as a whole: Part of the Star Trek Novel Verse, continuing the story of Star Trek: Voyager past the series finale.