Hiero's Journey
Hiero's Journey is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Sterling Lanier first published in 1973 by Chilton Book Co. The novel follows the adventures of a priest by the name of Per Hiero Desteen as he explores the mutant-infested wilderness of Canada and North America five millennia after an event called The Death destroyed civilization. Riding a mutant moose named Klootz, with which he is able to communicate telepathically, Hiero attempts to uncover what has become of some colonies that his abbey has attempted to establish. Hiero's eventual allies include Gorm, a telepathic black bear, and Luchare, a princess from the distant kingdom of D’alwah. On his journey he faces many dangers, including mutated humans, mutant beasts, and the evil forces of The Brotherhood of the Unclean.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiero%27s_JourneyI read it and might still have a copy in my science fiction collection. Unfortunately, that is packed away so I can't check. But the book is now available from Amazon in Kindle format - or should be if they can get the file replaced:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KSR34O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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