The Black Devil

When a villain creates his own worst nightmare…

Debut author P. C. Blanchard's horrific tale of Southern lore will terrify and entertain as it challenges readers to question their very own morality. Victimized his entire life a young boy seeking to find himself, finds revenge and manhood instead. Everyone has that line, across which lies a desolate and dark place beyond your fight or flight trigger. As Christopher Nails enters this realm of insanity, this unlikely hero will have you cheering his every kill.

An imprisoned father and the great depression forced a young Christopher to take on the role of family protector. Quitting school to work the sugarcane plantation was the only way to keep his family from adding to the growing number of homeless.

After years of racism and cruelty drain the joy out of Christopher's life, a forbidden love offers him a glimpse of happiness. But should he take it? The consequences could haunt his family, and his enemies, for generations.

The Black Devil series will engage your inner demon as well as your heart as you explore how a man becomes a devil and leaves a blood trail long after his death.


A victim's past becomes the villain's future.

With his father falsely imprisoned and his mother spiraling into desolation, young Christopher Nails finds himself man of the house. In the 1930's Louisiana bayou, Christopher finds himself the primary target of an unholy and soulless Sheriff from which the Parish feeds. But when a forbidden love offers more joy-and danger-than he could ever imagine, Christopher's life and family are threatened.

Dreams turn to nightmares as lines are crossed and secrets are discovered. Christopher and his siblings face torture and death with no one to protect them. But a Mamma's plea to an unusual source will change the Nails family legacy and ensure Christopher's name will never be forgotten.

The Black Devil is a unique supernatural thriller that leads readers into a chilling place of terror, where right and wrong isn't black and white.