Near the Wild Heart
A Novel
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Near the Wild Heart
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In this exhilarating and lyrical historical novel inspired by true events, a girl develops a profound bond with a freedom-loving horse marooned on Alaska’s remote Katmai Coast.
In 1956, a foundering barge caught in a violent storm strands a quarter-horse stallion named Takli on Alaska’s remote Katmai Coast. Resisting all rescue attempts, he lives eighteen years on his own in the wild: surviving marauding grizzly bears, the brutal elements, and even a tsunami that followed the great 1964 Alaska Earthquake. To locals, he’s a miracle and a legend. To Willow Mackenzie, Takli is more.
Every summer, the strong-willed young woman treks to Takli’s rugged home on the far-flung coastline. Raised on a backwoods ranch in Homer, studying music in Seattle, and striving for her own independence, Willow marvels at her beautiful friend’s resilience. It’s something she’ll need in the wake of a devastating tragedy that strikes Willow’s family and sends her spiraling into grief and guilt.
Over the years, Takli’s survival inspires Willow to bear her losses, navigate her own yearning for freedom, and understand the pull and the power of nature in the last frontier.
© 2027 by Neil Christian Johannsen. ℗ 2026 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Liturgical excerpts are from the Book of Common Prayer (1979) of the Episcopal Church USA. The lyrics to “Alaska’s Flag” are used under license from the University of Alaska Foundation. (© 1985, the University of Alaska Foundation. All rights reserved.)
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“Near the Wild Heart takes a true story of a girl and a horse in the wilds of Alaska and crafts it into a wholly compelling adventure. Based on his hundreds of hours in bush planes and ocean craft, the author captures the excitement and peril of both aviation and storms at sea. Neil Johannsen is a real writer of nature, the rugged beauty of Alaska, and its people, all told through the life of one unforgettable animal.” —Krist Novoselic, author of Of Grunge and Government, cofounder/bassist of Nirvana, and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
“Brimming with Alaska’s legendary characters, natural history, and treacherous seas, Johannsen’s evocative prose brings the state’s frontier past vividly to life. Powerful and beautifully written.” —Beth Ann Mathews, Indie Book Award–winning author of Deep Waters: A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love Rekindled and Between Two Lights
“If Jack London wrote National Velvet, you might have something approaching Near the Wild Heart. Thrilling in his evocation of the wild Katmai Coast of Alaska and the heart and spirit of the horse who lived there alone for many years, this author joins the greats of equine fiction such as Dick Francis, Molly Gloss, and Willy Vlautin. Johannsen is a master of wilderness description and adventure, and no one who follows him into this land of bears, wolves, and one courageous horse will ever forget it. I have never read such a shattering account of a storm at sea. The rugged land and seascapes reached only by bush plane or barge, the encounters between the predators and the wild horse, and the devotion of the girl who loves him will leave you quickened, moved, and richer for the read.” —Robert Michael Pyle, recipient of the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing and author of Magdalena Mountain and Where Bigfoot Walks