In the heart of the decaying Lower East Side, Officer Teresa Mallory lies in a coma, her body shattered. She should be dead... but something won't let her go.

Meanwhile, Detective Lieutenant Stan Moonjean doesn't believe in ghosts, until the bodies start piling up again.The signs all point to the Maniac Cop, back from the dead once more!

From the cult horror film comes a chilling novelization filled with suspense, action, and undead vengeance-Maniac Cop is back on patrol.

Based on the original screenplay by Larry Cohen