 The first variant of "Powers of Darkness" to receive international attention was "Makt myrkranna".In 1986, literary specialist Richard Dalby published a translation of the foreword to "Makt myrkranna (Powers of Darkness)".He believed the Iclandic book edition by publisher Nokkrir Prentarar (August 1901) to be the first foreign translation of Bram Stoker's vampire novel, which had been released in London on 26 May 1897.