First I have to clear up an issue with some artwork in the book that was misattributed. On pp. 38-39 there is mention of a series of drawings of alien beings that were found online. The text states that the original images were sketched by Sean Esbjorn-Hargens. In point of fact, I, David W. Chace, did these drawings myself under commission by Ronald D. Story, and they make up the Alien Gallery entry (appearing on pp. 21-25) of his 2001 book, The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters. I mailed the originals to Ronald Story over 20 years ago, but retain high quality copies of them. I don't have an issue with these drawings being used online, or in Richard Dolan's book, but would have preferred to see them correctly attributed.That out of the way, here's the substance of my review... The book is well-written. It comes from Richard Dolan, after all, who is thoughtful, articulate, and a good writer. It's essentially an introduction to some classic alien encounter reports and commonly reported alien types, and it contains several nice illustrations, including a number by artist Sherri Miller who has re-drawn some of the images I did for Ronald Story's book. The drawings I did for that book were, in turn, based on previous depictions by artists who had worked on those cases, as well as on the descriptions provided by the witnesses, a few of whom I worked with personally, although for the historical cases I had to rely on the UFO literature. In any case, the inclusion of drawings of these nonhuman intelligent beings (and a couple of human-looking ones) aids greatly in terms of Dolan's overall presentation. When you're speculating about the motives and agendas of alien beings, it's useful to have illustrations showing who you're actually writing about. The pair of original witness sketches by Tracey Garbutt Dolan that were included in "Chapter Three: Grays and Other Alien Groups" are also an important contribution.Now for the critical part of the review... Within the "UFO community," the cliquish subculture that deals with the UFO subject, and in particular those who deal with the topic of direct contact, visitation, and abduction by UFO occupants, there are a number of camps. One can look at it in terms of the "aliens are good" camp and the "aliens are bad" camp. Dolan acknowledges this polarity. The real bias in Dolan's analysis, as becomes obvious in "Chapter Four: What Are Their Goals?," isn't so much about reported encounters with aliens as it is about Dolan's own cynicism or pessimism regarding technological progress and the future of human civilization. He raises concerns about evolving concepts of gender, transhumanism, 5G cellular networks, and AI. This is stuff that Luddites and conspiracy theorists tend to worry about. So this is the filter through which he looks at both our own future, and the possible agendas of technologically advanced beings from other worlds. That's the warning I would offer to anyone who reads this book.In conclusion, The Alien Agendas by Richard Dolan is worth reading, and while it may not rank up there with Budd Hopkins' Intruders, or Whitley Strieber's Communion, or John Mack's Abduction, it nevertheless is a quality contribution to the UFO literature.