You're forgetting one of the walkers was married

I've been trying to get my 13 year old son to do a book club with me for years! He finally agreed and this was our first pick.
I see the promotional material is saying this is set in the near future. We have been talking about when/where the book takes place. Was the beam involved?

Of course. It will be a special inauguration edition available at twice the price of the original.