Brigitte en Acción: El rayo «Hidro»

# Museum Catalog Note

Brigitte en Acción (Brigitte in Action) by Lou Carrigan (1968) presents a spy-adventure narrative. Brigitte Montfort, a CIA negotiator described as "the most beautiful and cunning spy of all time," receives an assignment from her superior Charles Pitzer. A Russian scientist named Konstantin Yedorev, who recently defected from the USSR, has offered the American government an invention called the "Hydro Ray"—a device that desalinizes seawater at the remarkably low cost of one dollar per million gallons, potentially transforming arid regions globally. Yedorev demands $500,000, American citizenship, and suitable employment in exchange. Brigitte is instructed to meet an intermediary at the Statue of Liberty carrying a copy of La Dame aux Camélias to discuss terms. The narrative opens with Brigitte's interactions with Frank Minello, a sports columnist and admirer, and her trained chihuahua Cicero, before the assignment briefing begins.