'There exists those disposed to destroy one another, but a friend that is true sticks closer than a brother.'The Last Test and Wilderment is a pre/sequel to the book, Throne to the Dogs. Jake and Ajax have the limits of their friendship tested when a new student, Holden Marks, arrives at West High School from Berkeley, California. Jake immediately befriends Holden, but complications arise with Dora's infatuation (what else could it be?), Goose's jealousy...