Rickey Fayne Makes His Debut withThe Devil Three Times— See The Cover! (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

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The Devil Three Times, a historical fiction novel from the newcomer author, comes out on May 13, 2025 — and PEOPLE can exclusively debut its cover.

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The book will span eight generations and 175 years, far beyond Yetunde’s “mortal lifespan,” so the Devil will also visit many of her descendants during “their darkest hour of need.” Her descendants include Lucille, a conjure woman; Asa, who passes for White; Louis and Virgil, who risk becoming a 20th-century Cain and Abel; Cassandra, who speaks to the dead; and James, who struggles to make sense of the past while fighting to keep his family together.

“The Devil offers each of them his own version of salvation, all the while wondering: can he save himself, too?” asks the official description.

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“Each member of my family had their own way of putting words to what they’d seen and known,” Fayne continued. “I can still hear the sound of the falling tree that broke my great uncle’s back. Feel the shock my grandmother, who was a sleepwalker, felt when she woke up one night in the woods. See the shotgun my great-grandfather brandished when a lynch mob tried to claim his son. A story that only my father, who was a boy at the time, could find the humor in.”

The author described his debut as “a story about family, the transformative power of love and the meaning of freedom.”

The Devil Three Timeshits bookshelves on May 13 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.

source: people.com