Published Works

FOR YOU: My Life Memoir (2019)

Share yourself, your stories, your heritage, your beliefs, your dreams and more through over 700 prompts organized just for you, to capture all aspects of you and preserve your memories for others to discover.
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FOR YOU is your guidebook and canvas for you to pass along your moments, your memories, your thoughts, your wisdom and the special life journey that is, and will forever be, you. For you are unique, for you are loved, for you will always be remembered.

KILLER VIRUS (RandomHouse/Heyne, 2010)

When an outbreak on a naval base kills a high-ranking officer, FDA research head Ben Maxwell suspects a connection to the medical company desperately trying to win FDA approval for a revolutionary new heart implant. Is Biometrix deliberately trying to drive public demand for their latest product? Or is there an even more sinister motive behind the strange outbreak, not to mention the attempts on Ben's life? And what is the brilliant Dr. Angie Howlett, the hard-driving CEO of Biometrix, doing in the middle of this engrossing tale of greed, medicine, and terror? Rip Gerber's CARDIAC weaves well-developed characters into a horrifyingly believable plot about the dangers of bio-warfare research, demonstrating just how easy it is today to launch a plague on order of the Black Death. KILLER VIRUS will make you think twice about your heart...and shaking hands with strangers.

PHARMA (RandomHouse/Keyne, 2007)

Rip’s first published novel became an international best-seller. Bioengineers in the Amazon rainforest manipulate the genetics of rare exotic plants; chaos ensues when rival powers including a ruthless pharmaceutical giant and a Brazilian drug lord attempt to control the resulting DNA, and it's up to a bioengineer, his son and a botanist to stop a biological outbreak that pits man against plant in this “science-packed, creepy, mesmerizing techno thriller that grabs the reader by the throat."

The Last Supper (Forge, 2011)

Rip’s first published short story was selected by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers for inclusion in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, Rip’s short, “The Last Supper,” featured a priest who comes face to face with his wife's murderer on death row.

The Journeyman (Forge, 2011)

The Journeyman has changed the lives of all who have read the story of Musa, a young boy who reluctantly unlocks the dormant power of his dreams. Haunted by a mysterious calling, Musa unwittingly sets himself on a path of painful discovery that forces him to confront his true purpose.This “universal story of hope and personal will” tells the magical tale of a poor boy who yearns to find the answers to his dreams. Through the deserts of Iraq to war-torn Baghdad, Musa pursues an unspeakable energy, drawn to a light only he can see.The story of the treasures Musa uncovers along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the wisdom of honoring our dreams, listening to our hearts, and allowing the omens, both good and bad, to lead us to our destiny.

Learning to Fly (Wise Media Group, 2021)

Some anglers say fish are deaf, that fish can only sense vibrations through their lateral lines, and that’s not really hearing. But fly fishermen on the Hammer creeks know better. When the sun falls and the music rises at the barn, booming the ranges and blanketing all of Gallatin valley, every living creature with or without ears hears the rock and roll.

A prized trophy fish doesn't attempt to be anything other than what it is… a fish. A great song is just like that…it starts out like any other song. But then it grows and thrives and becomes more than a song… it becomes a classic, a moment, a movement. Like a rolling stone. Like a Bessie. And when you catch that perfect melody, like catching a gorgeous rainbow, the euphoria is like no other feeling in the world.

Learning to Fly (released June 17, 1991) is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was written by Tom Petty and his writing partner Jeff Lynne for the album Into the Great Wide Open. The entire song is based on only four simple chords, (F, C, A minor, and G). Petty explained the genesis of the song: “I was coming to grips with the view that you can be optimistic, hopeful and as good a person as you want to be, but it’s not going to make life simple for you. Nothing will. You can have all the success you want and it’s not going to make your life - really your personal life - much easier than anyone else's.”