afterlife vs deadland

afterlife

noun
  • The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died. 

  • The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death. 

  • A conscious existence after death. 

  • The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of a cultural production such as a film, book, etc. 

  • The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life. 

deadland

noun
  • A place of death; a deadly land. 

  • The afterlife, especially in belief systems that do not include reward or punishment such as heaven and hell. 

  • Wasteland; a desert or other place that does not support life. 

How often have the words afterlife and deadland occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )