Learning To Fly: Secret Equations

Rip Gerber writes books and makes records.His thrillers Pharma and Killervirus were published in Germany by Heyne, part of Penguin Random House in Munich. Both were bestsellers there. His short fiction has appeared in First Thrills, the International Thriller Writers anthology edited by Lee Child. He is also the author of The Journeyman and Learning To Fly.He is a singer-songwriter and recording artist and the founder of Secret Equations Records, an independent label he runs himself. His debut album, Old Piano, was released in 2026.Before the music, he trained as a biochemical engineer and spent time at the Central Intelligence Agency. After Harvard Business School he spent twenty years as a product and marketing executive in polymers, software and artificial intelligence, starting and selling several private and public companies.He lives in Tennessee and fishes Montana when he can.