Chaucer’s Books will host Carpinteria author DJ Jones for a book talk and signing of his inaugural novel “Colors of the Initial Noise,” 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 at 3321 State St., Santa Barbara.

In “Colors of the Initial Noise,” beneath the quaint surf town of Indigo Bay, a huge cavern harbors a hidden city of unspeakable vice.

The few who know of it do not speak of it. Those who protect it rule everyone with the wealth of the world.

Amber Collins doesn’t find it odd that music makes her violently ill (just another unfortunate circumstance in her unfortunate life). But only certain music. The kind that moves you.

“She never listens to it. Deep below the foundation of The City Beneath, Initial Noise has seen Amber and wants her to free it. You have no idea what that means. Amber doesn’t, either. Not yet,” the author says.

Jones writes in stolen moments before and after work. His teachers told him to keep writing, he said. He never stopped or looked back.