hɪz spˈɪɹɪt ʌvðə sˈæmjʊɹɹˌaɪ wʌzðə fˈɜːst ɪn ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv bˈʊks fˈiːtʃɚɹɪŋ ɐ jˈʌŋ hˈɛɹoʊˌɪn wɪð ɐn ˈænsɛstɹi ʃiː nˈɛvɚ nˈuː ʃiː hˌæd.
His Spirit of the Samurai was the first in a series of books featuring a young heroine with an ancestry she never knew she had.