Hard Landing is a 2004 thriller novel by British author Stephen Leather. Published in 2004 by Hodder & Stoughton, it is the first book in the Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series. "Hard Landing" is an international bestseller and is available in ebook and paperback.
Can we infer the following?
 Hard Landing is the first book in the Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series that was released before the second decade of the twenty-first century.

Available choices: 1. Yes. 2. It's impossible to say. 3. No.
The answer is:
1.