A plain travel guide was not good enough for the series' author, Brett Harriman, who insists that every North American's European journey should begin at home. To complement his comprehensive and practical travel guide - Germany & Austria - Harriman appended an adventure novel - Quest for the Bavarian Cross. The journeys of Sydney Endicott, the novel's heroine, are sure to get you off the couch and following in her footsteps. Miss Endicott, an American college student, is lured to Europe by a job ad in the newspaper (click ad on right) and a mystery involving an ancient jeweled cross formerly belonging to Bavaria's "Mad" King Ludwig II.