This chapter analyzes problems in the narrative of war that has dominated public imagination concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The war narrative has been used to maintain a sense of agency and an illusion of control by casting in the role of soldiers, first, the coronavirus; second, healthcare professionals; third, patients; and, fourth, the public as a whole. The chapter shows why each of these ascriptions of agency is problematic. It then explores an alternative narrative of the pandemic and its aftermath as a historical crossroads that holds open the possibility that a new global awareness of mutual dependency could give rise to a new sense of solidarity necessary for building a more socially and environmentally just world for future generations. Thus, the chapter not only contributes to the study of the problematic aspects of narratives but also questions the dominant view of narratives as retrospective accounts of events and experiences.