in 2006.

Another early English translation was Dragon Rider, originally published in Germany in 1997 as Drachenreiter. Released in the United States in 2004, it became a massive success, and remained on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for 78 weeks, reaching number one on the Children's Best Seller list. A sequel, Dragon Rider: The Griffin's Feather, was published over a decade later, in 2017, and a feature film adaptation of the same name