CLOVIS, California USA — Modern HPR Press and Trafford Publishing are pleased to announce the release of Modern High-Power Rocketry 2, by Mark Canepa.

This 388-page book is a comprehensive guide to building, launching, and recovering high-power rockets, authored by a veteran Level Three flyer and frequent contributor to Extreme Rocketry and Sport Rocketry magazines.

The soft-cover book offers direction and lessons in almost every aspect of high power—from step-by-step instruction on building a Level 1 or Level 2 rocket to advice from experienced rocketeers all over the world on how to ensure a flawless launch and recovery at Level 3. This is a completely revised and updated version of Canepa's first book, Modern High-Power Rocketry, and at 18 chapters and more than 800 photographs and illustrations, has more than 140 extra pages and twice as many photos, almost all of them new.

Among other things, the new book contains chapters on building altimeter bays, the high-power launch, building your first Level 3 rocket, Level Three and Beyond, and much more.

The new book, which will also be available in a few months on Amazon.com, will retail for $32.50. However, for a limited time and through Modern HPR Press, there are discounts available to Tripoli, NAR and CAR members. For more information, chapters, and a list of dealers near you, log onto http://www.modernhpr.com.