re: The Strain on FX

Yes, it will be set in New York.

It's been a while since I read the books but if I remember right the timeline of the first book only covers about three weeks or so and I think the second book covers about the same amount of time. The third book covers a much longer period of time. Just checked, book three starts with a two year time jump.

It's not your typical vampire story. It's much more like a post-apocalyptic zombie/killer virus story.

Without getting into plot details, the first two books cover the infection and the fall of civilization and the third is more the aftermath and trying to defeat the vampires.