Fran, the heroine from an earlier novel, The Moralist, is back in The Moralist II with the same cast of wacky characters in Centerfield, Texas, during a year recently concluded. In The Moralist II, Fran brokers world peace as Ed seeks to make Centerfield great again while meeting his match in China. What was said about The Moralist applies equally to the sequel: There are many deeply serious books written every year; The Moralist II is not one of them.