“The Pilot’s Captivity” is the final collection of the early period of creativity of the Altai poet Alexei Luchnikov. The book contains lyrics from different years: these are poems about love, about life, about the native land. Love lyrics are permeated with a surprisingly tender attitude towards a woman, towards children, family... – towards those values that are passed on from generation to generation and make a person human. In poetic reflections on life, the reader will find familiar themes of loneliness, comprehension of the war years, and turbulent, anxious times. The poet is no stranger to irony and humor. Alexey Luchnikov can rightfully be called the singer of Altai, his love for his homeland - for its historical past and present, for folklore, for the magical nature of the region - is carefully conveyed with wonderful images, metaphors, comparisons."...Warm place of a warm heart. Warm hands of warm people..."< /p>