After spending most of Deadman - the prequel to Dead Folks - in a coma, Joe Service has partially recovered and is on the run again from would-be mob assassins. When he resurfaces in Salt Lake City with the aid of an innocent bed nurse and his own unfailing craftiness, Mulheisen, eager to finally nab him, is immediately on his tail. The Mormon capital becomes a meeting ground for a motley crew of mobsters, murderers, and fugitives as Joe attempts to regain both his memory and the millions of dollars heisted by his longtime lover, Helen Sedlacek. As dead bodies begin to turn up around town, Mulheisen is at the center of the action, putting together the pieces of the puzzle while Joe struggles to evade Mulheisen's detection, the Detroit mob, a relentless hit woman, and a gang of Tongan giants.