MIKKI ORC finds himself forced to flee from the subterranean polar province of Orcadia by ruthless industrial frackers who are plumbing the volcanic depths below the ice-caps. With his habitat destroyed, Mikki is relocated as a refugee into the hustle and bustle of New York, not the easiest place for a giant Orc to fit in, either socially, emotionally or even physically. Have you ever tried being twelve feet tall and squeezing onto the subway?

Elsewhere in the upstate town of Cringle Ridge, a little boy called LOUIE is facing his first Christmas since his mother LAVENDER passed away. His father DEXTER and GREAT UNCLE FINGAL wonder how they will find a way through the season that Lavender loved so much. It hardly seems like home without her...

The story introduces us to a carnival of characters both human and animal as a magical destiny leads Louie and Mikki to meet. And as the action rises to a kaleidoscopic climax in Rockefeller Square, AN ORC IN NEW YORK delivers a fresh take on a timeless tale — that when we seek to save another, we often save ourselves.